Family Business

Edited by Andrea Calabrò

‘This is an inspiring book – it offers an interesting agenda for future research on family business. It comprehensively covers the domain of the field, emerging research areas, innovative theories, and promising research methods. Written...

Edited by Alfredo De Massis, Nadine Kammerlander

‘One of the reasons for the shortage of qualitative studies published in top academic journals has been the lack of rigorous methodological directions. Alfredo De Massis and Nadine Kammerlander’s Handbook fills this gap by offering an en...

Edited by Giorgia M D’Allura, Andrea Colli, Sanjay Goel

'If you are interested in appreciating how institutions work, then this book should be placed on your shortlist of essential readings. Family Firms and Institutional Contexts adopts an approach that identifies family firms as institution...

Edited by Eddy Laveren, Robert Blackburn, Ulla Hytti, Hans Landström

‘The Frontiers series offers a selection of the latest, cutting-edge research in entrepreneurship and small business in Europe. It has become a key resource for researchers, educators, entrepreneurs and policy makers interested in unders...

Gary A. Zwick, James J. Jurinski

‘A great desk reference for family business advisors. Easy to read and easy to follow. Advisors will learn about the dynamics of a family business and how they differ from other closely held businesses and the impact that has on operatio...

Edited by Ulla Hytti, Robert Blackburn, Eddy Laveren

Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Education explores the need for researching innovation and learning in family firms, micro firms, SMEs and in rural and network contexts. The chapters offer new insights into the antecedents of business p...

Thomas Zellweger

‘Zellweger’s book serves as a foundational text in its marriage of theory and practice. The text effectively fills a large gap in available resources on family firms and starts an engaging discourse highlighting their common challenges a...

Edited by Jeremi Brewer, Stephen W. Gibson

An estimated one billion individuals in both developed and developing nations can be defined as necessity entrepreneurs; individuals who have no other viable option for licit income than to start a small, income generating activity. Howe...

Edited by Paloma Fernández Pérez, Andrea Lluch

‘This book engages in the debate on evolution and change of family capitalism. Based on historical analysis and a conjoint effort by management scholars and social scientists, it is a treasure trove of thoroughly researched and prominent...

‘An impressive team of editors from Asia, Europe, North and South America has compiled cutting-edge research on family businesses. In these chapters, we gain a global perspective of the entrepreneurial approaches families are taking to p...

Edited by Alan L. Carsrud, Malin Brännback

This thought provoking book builds on existing research traditions that make small business, entrepreneurship and family business a resource rich arena for study. It steps back to ask fundamental questions that every researcher should co...

‘This is an excellent book that provides a much needed overview of theoretical frameworks that help us understand the behavior of family firms. This book will be invaluable as a resource to doctoral students and researchers who are tryin...